Simple Tips To Fixing A Broken Hinge In Your Wooden Jewelry Chest
Fixing a broken hinge on your small wooden chest needs extra care to avoid damaging the box.
Use a block plane or chisel to gently remove the broken hinge. Use sandpaper to sand down the spot once you take out the hinge. Use a 150 grit sandpaper for this. While clamping the box in a bench vise, use a sanding disc to pad the box. This will keep it from sliding around .
You can consider using a new or an old hinge or even make one for your box. You can shape the hinge by hand using a spokeshave and block plane, or use a roundover bit and a router to shape it. Unless you are really comfortable with using a router, don’t use it to mortise the hinge as it is very risky. You should then trim it and glue the hinge back into the base of the box. Leave it on for 12 hours to dry.
Use the 150 grit sandpaper to give it a final sanding once it is completely dry, and then drill holes for the wire hinges. Use a suitable stain and oil finish to make the box look as good as new!
Here’s another method to replace a hinge after you’ve removed the broken one. Use an ‘f’ style clamp to clamp the hinge into position after placing it exactly where you want it on the box. Remember to use a mechanical pencil and mark the width, depth, and height of the hinge. Unclamp the hinge and carefully chisel stop cuts on the lines you’ve marked with a small hammer and a new razor blade. Until the hinge fits perfectly, you need to keep doing this. Then, using a new razor blade or the 150 grit sandpaper, mortise the hinge. Align and clamp the lid to the hinge after you install the hinge on the jewelry box.
The type of hinge you want mounted affects the time taken to fix it. For fixing a barrel hinge, you just need to ensure that you drill the holes in the correct spot both in the base as well as the top. You can get this done easily with a drill press but hold the box in position with a stop block on the drill press table. If you are looking to attach a surface mount hinge, you could use an auto-centering bit. However, ensure that you have the bottom and top of the box perfectly aligned before you start drilling. You will find it easier if you mount the hinge to the base after you mount it to the top of the box.
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